http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/realestate/thieves-of-light-built-by-barbarians.html?_r=1
A capsule history of skyscrapers in NYC from about 1870 onwards.
My favorite quotation in the article is from a guidebook written in 1897 which states (concerning building more & more 10 story buildings) "All that is needed is a barbarian with sufficient money and lunacy".
from today's NYT
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